H.S. roundup: Trudo, Vergennes nip SJA

Flanked by family members and former teammates from the 2009 Division II state champion Lyndon baseball team, former Viking star Buddy Lamothe wheels out to the infield on Saturday at McDonald Family Field. The school dubbed the afternoon Buddy Lamothe Day, in which coach Justin Smith presented him his No. 18 jersey and ex-teammate Patrick Hilton threw out the honorary first pitch. Lamothe suffered a spinal cord injury in an accident in May of 2011. The Vikings later beat Montpelier 17-3

Emilee Trudo dropped down a bunt and K.C. Ambrose came home to score in the bottom of the 10th inning to lift Vergennes to a 9-8 win over St. Johnsbury in high school softball on Saturday afternoon.

Tied at 6, when the Hilltoppers scored two runs in the top of the inning to grab a two-run lead. Ambrose then drove in two runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game and came in to score the winning run.

Trudo earned the win for Vergennes (5-2), pitching all 10 innings, giving up 10 hits and striking out nine.

Carys Potter took the loss for St. Johnsbury (5-3), also pitching all 10 innings. Potter drove in two runs in the top of the 10th with a double and Jenny Lapierre went 4-for-6.

Dakota Clark, Avery Alberghini, Sophia Gonzales and Emily Graves each had two RBIs for U-32 (2-1).

Heather Whitcomb drove in three runs for Lamoille (0-5).

? Harwood 2, Randolph 1: Sammie Stohler tossed a seven-hitter with nine strikeouts and Harwood scored two runs in the seventh to win at Randolph.

Emily Reagan's two hits included a double for Harwood.

Rachel Johnson struck out eight and gave up three hits in the loss while Sam Johnson singled twice.

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? Rice 9, Middlebury 5: After Middlebury tied the game in the fourth inning, Rice exploded for five runs in the fifth inning to earn the win on the road.

Will Conroy had a double and triple and Cameron Bourbeau and Anthony Phillips each had two singles to pace Rice (6-1).

Taylor Paterson took the loss and Tyler Delancy had two hits for the Tigers (2-6).

? Lyndon 17, Montpelier 3: On a day they honored former standout, Buddy Lamothe, the Lyndon Vikings used an eight-run sixth inning to get past visiting Montpelier.

Deryck Colburn and Ben Brooks had RBI hits that fueld an eight-run sixth and Joe Brook earned the win for the Vikings (4-2). Prior to the game, Lamothe, who suffered a spinal cord injury, tossed out the first pitch.

Colburn, Levi Daniels and Jordan Bergeron also had RBI hits in the third inning.

? St. Johnsbury 8, Vergennes 4: Zach Hale struck out two in relief to earn the win as St. Johnsbury beat Vergennes.

Colton Hudson and Moises Nurko each drove in two runs for St. Johnsbury (4-4).

Justus Sturtevant scored twice and Michael Danyow took the loss for Vergennes (4-3).

? Lamoille 18, U-32 3: Nick Lynch went 4-for-4 at the plate and twin brother Nate hit a home run and drove in four runs to help Lamoille beat visiting U-32.

Kody Jones and Kyle Martin each had two RBIs. and Garrett Abair earned the win for Lamoille (5-0).

? Danville 15, Twinfield 0 (5): Brett Elliot and Patrick White combined to pitch five innings of no-hit ball to lead Danville to a win over Twinfield.

Jake Mills had two doubles and drove in two runs for Danville (3-5) and Coleton Loura-Bumps added four RBIs.